Chrysobalanaceae FAMILY

Dactyladenia scabrifolia

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dactyladenia scabrifolia is a tree usually growing up to 20 metres tall, occasionally to 27 metres. The bole is usually straight, unbuttressed but slightly fluted, up to 50cm in diameter[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Central African Republic.

HabitatAn understorey tree of primary and old secondary rainforest, but also found in riverine forest and in abandoned farmland, at elevations up to 1,100 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].